According to Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister for Telecommunications and Electronics and Information Technology, work for Rs 3,370 million project to provide mobile services in 354 uncovered villages in remote and border areas of...
Read MoreThe Indian government has launched Rs 12.24 billion worth submarine optical fibre cable project in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. This optic fibre cable network will connect Chennai and Andaman and Nicobar Islands and boost 4G...
Read MoreBharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched Bharat Air Fibre, a radio-based last mile telecom connectivity solution, for Akola and Washim districts in Maharashtra. This will enable residents of Akola and Washim districts to...
Read MoreIn a recent meeting held by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), seven states and two Union Territories (UT)have agreed to uniform pricing on right of way (RoW) in telecom. The development came at the review meeting on...
Read MoreSterlite Power has completed its Gurugram Smart City project for creating an intracity fibre network for the city’s communication needs. The company’s convergence business had entered a public-private partnership (PPP) agreement...
Read MoreIn a letter addressed to telecom secretary Anshu Prakash, the Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA) has stated that state governments and union territories (UTs) are obstructing installation of mobile towers due...
Read MoreYotta Infrastructure, a Hiranandani Group subsidiary and a managed data centre service provider developing hyper-scale data centre parks in India has inaugurated India’s largest data centre building, Yotta NM1, in a...
Read MoreThe Asia Direct Cable (ADC) Consortium, of which Tata Communications is a member, is building a high-performance submarine cable connecting China (Hong Kong SAR and Guangdong Province), Japan, the Philippines, Singapore,...
Read MoreThe Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA) has requested various state governments to reduce the electricity tariffs levied by them in view of the prevailing situation. To this end, TAIPA has written to chief...
Read MoreThe Tower & Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA) has requested the ministry of power to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply and approve new connections on a priority basis for telecom sites, which are critical...
Read MoreAs per industry sources, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited are considering rolling out cells on wheels (CoWs) to reduce network congestion caused by an upsurge in home internet and video services...
Read MoreBharti Airtel has collaborated with Cisco to launch India’s largest 5G-ready, 100G IP and optical integrated network designed to enhance network availability, capacity and scale. The deployment is part of Airtel’s initiative to...
Read MoreBharti Infratel’s board of directors has extended the deadline of its merger with Indus Towers to...
Read MoreCiena has upgraded the Europe India Gateway (EIG) submarine cable system with an aim to strengthen connectivity between businesses situated in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and India. The cable has been upgraded with Ciena’s...
Read MoreBharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio have approached Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) for extra optical fibre in order to reduce their capital expenditure. The telcos had expressed their interest in utilising a...
Read MoreAmazon’s cloud computing arm Amazon Web Services (AWS) is reportedly investing about $1.5 billion to set up two data centres in Hyderabad. Amazon is in the process of getting statutory clearances from the state and central...
Read MoreAccording to Towers and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA), only 16 out of the 37 states/union territories in India have so far aligned with the RoW Right of Way (RoW) rules, 2016, issued by the Department of...
Read MoreThe Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA) is disappointed that the Union Budget provided no relief measures for the debt-ridden telecom sector. As per TAIPA, the industry had been hoping for support from the...
Read MoreThe Dehradun Smart City Limited (DSCL) has collaborated with Indus Towers to install 70 ground-based telecom sites (smart towers) and 60 smart poles and lay 100-kilometre underground fibre network. The smart poles will be...
Read MoreThe Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the divestment of Reliance Jio’s telecom tower assets to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP and other investors. The other investors include British Columbia Investment...
Read MoreITI Limited has said that it will launch its follow-on public offer (FPO) on January 24, 2020 and the issue will close on January 28, 2020. The company’s FPO is expected to generate Rs 16 billion. The price band for the...
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